Quotes About Persistence

It was very tough to be patient.

My inability to stick with any journal or calendar has been a pattern for God-since-forever.

I always had dreams that I could be on television. I used to watch 'The Late Show' with my dad, and I'd make him pause the VHS whenever the audience laughed to explain jokes to me. But it's hard to just 'get into TV.'

I sense that the road to Heaven is paved with dashed hopes.

In the beginning, because of the Pavement thing, we were able to sell a certain amount of records. We were able to sell not such a great amount of records, but enough to live on. So there was no incentive to do what didn't come naturally.

You've got to clock the hours and pay your dues. Then eventually, people will come to you. You have to be patient and appreciative.

There's some dues that you just have to pay in life.

Stay as connected as you can. Sometimes that means you're going to do a job that may not pay you much but may give you a great connection. If the work is not going the way you need it to go, create your own!

Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those - in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed.

Once I began to hear and pay attention to my fledgling ideas, the biggest hurdle was to learn how to respect them. That was hard, because the real way to respect an idea is to invest the attention and work needed to develop it.

Acting has always been a strong force in my life, but it was hard to change direction. I didn't make a paycheck for two years.

I hate to sound like a romantic adolescent, but I believe artists don't generally see art as a career choice; they simply can't overcome their desire to make art, and will live on little income for as long as they have to, before they start to sell their work - or give up and get a paying job.

I left Indiana, and I ain't been back since. I've been doing comedy and paying my bills.

I've been doing comedy and paying my bills.

I was always working; it's just that no one was paying attention.

You do anything long enough, and somebody will end up paying attention to it.

I don't need the credits for playing the blues and paying the dues. I've already done it. There are some other things to do here - movies and scores and voice-overs.

I dedicate all my time to music. And I'm glad that it's paying off in some ways.

There's so many things I want to accomplish in the world of acting. But, the two most important are that I want to keep paying the bills and I want to get better. That's about it. I enjoy what I do. I'll stay busy. I've been lucky.

A lot of work is going in, and it's not paying off. And it's becoming very frustrating for me.

It's great to see my hard work paying off, even if it's not finished.

There is something inherently foolish in soldiering on when there is no hope of payoff.

The hard work pays off.

Patience pays off.